Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Emergency Department Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Wyckoff has created a new state of the art Emergency Department that encompasses a redesigned triage and registration area, more spacious nursing stations, and additional treatment space to accommodate 100,000 annual visits.  A new ambulance entrance has been created to improve patient flow and Fire Department-EMS turn-around times.  An asthma treatment area, counseling/grieving room, and a pediatric trauma room were also added to ensure patient privacy, confidentiality and improve patient comfort and satisfaction.
 
Wyckoff Hospital has been designated as an Emergency Heart Station, a 911 Ambulance Destination Facility, a Stroke Center, and a Tier 3 Burn Center. Over the next few months, Wyckoff will become a designated Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Center and a Therapeutic Hypothermia Center. Wyckoff received its New York State DOH Ambulance Service Certificate and has expanded services to provide both Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support to the Brooklyn/Queens communities.
 
Wyckoff Community Training Center (CTC) offers courses in First Aid, CPR, and Basic Life Support (BLS) for the Healthcare Provider, Advanced Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), and Defensive Driving.  In addition CTC offers EMT original and refresher courses, as well as Paramedic refresher courses through the Department of Health.
    
A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is planned for July 8, 2010 at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center to give community leaders an opportunity to see first hand the changes in the Emergency Department.  Some of the specific changes include:

• Fifteen (15) added treatment spaces, from 40 to 55.
• New four (4) bedded Fast Track Unit
• New Six (6) bedded Asthma Treatment Area
• Doubled size of Pediatric Treatment area ( 8 more beds)
• New Pediatric Trauma Room
• Counseling/Grieving Room
• New EMS entrance and Triage Station
• 60 new computer work stations to enhance Information Technology
• Extended and additional nursing stations 

Our Multi-Lingual and diverse Emergency Department leadership and staff are there to bring the highest quality care to our community residents.